Letter with household instructions about grain, money and preparing the house TM 28842Tebtynis (Arsinoites)II

Fragment of a private letter from Tebtynis in the Fayum, 2nd century AD, in which the writer instructs a household member to sell grain, collect money (including from a woman named Myrtale), finish building a wall, and prepare the exedra and dining room for a visitor, Apphys. It also asks the recipient to care for the children and little Isidora, and is dated Pachon 25.

In English machine translation

The meaning of 'eparkion' grain is uncertain; it may mean grain from the province or grain on hand. The order to 'lock up' Myrtale if she refuses to pay is literal in the Greek.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Frammento di lettera). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.